tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005490725222948439.post3100291656647921633..comments2013-02-22T19:27:31.014+01:00Comments on The Tommy Code: What is Agile?Tommy Bryntsenoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005490725222948439.post-38275949186679090952013-01-10T17:04:48.444+01:002013-01-10T17:04:48.444+01:00Best post Ive seen in a long long time. Best post Ive seen in a long long time. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07956961459597322747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005490725222948439.post-8698148481194495592012-12-20T20:22:09.672+01:002012-12-20T20:22:09.672+01:00To follow up on Troy&#39;s question, I believe tha...To follow up on Troy&#39;s question, I believe that &quot;Agile&quot; as a goal is wrong-headed. Being Agile is a good thing, but it&#39;s just a way of getting somewhere, e.g., making the business sustainable, providing solutions to those who need them, and basically providing value. I think being Agile is a great way to do those things, but it&#39;s not an end in and of itself.Ted M. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717816965262292561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005490725222948439.post-15126640255813640042012-12-20T09:58:01.258+01:002012-12-20T09:58:01.258+01:00Good point Tommy.
I especially agree on the point ...Good point Tommy.<br />I especially agree on the point that it&#39;s hard to act agile if face-to-face conversations among team members are rare.<br /><br />Practices like the daily standup should spur discussion, not conform progress reporting.Oscar Cosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16317001797872884178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005490725222948439.post-30046259300671677802012-12-20T08:53:39.565+01:002012-12-20T08:53:39.565+01:00Troy,
I failed to adress your first statement in ...Troy,<br /><br />I failed to adress your first statement in my first reply, so let me do that now.<br /><br />It seems to me that I wasn&#39;t precise enough about those &quot;rules&quot;. To clearify:<br /><i>Delivery of working software</i> doesn&#39;t necessarily mean release - just something that could be released. <br /><i>Progress shown to stakeholders</i> isn&#39;t necessarily a demo, it may just be that the business side drops by your computer to see what&#39;s new.Tommy Bryntsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02987079709890896170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005490725222948439.post-2274264097320744872012-12-19T21:57:25.168+01:002012-12-19T21:57:25.168+01:00Hi Troy,
On the contrary, I would like to encoura...Hi Troy,<br /><br />On the contrary, I would like to encourage people to being fine with saying that they are using all these great practices without saying they are Agile. And, I would like Agile to mean something again! Agile isn&#39;t for everybody, as Johanna Rothman wrote in a recent post on her blog - and that&#39;s fine! You don&#39;t have to be, you can do great without. But now when everyone claims to do Agile as soon as they adopt a couple of practices the word has lost its meaning.Tommy Bryntsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02987079709890896170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005490725222948439.post-39255253538771872252012-12-19T21:07:32.115+01:002012-12-19T21:07:32.115+01:00I like your general thrust, but some of your not a...I like your general thrust, but some of your not agile rules are a bit arbitrary. Releasing monthly or demos every week are great. But if a team is outside that norm, they could still be improving.<br /><br />Also, I would challenge the idea of being &quot;Agile&quot; as a destination. Is that really our goal?Troy Tuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294885767408324112noreply@blogger.com